The circadian clock may help to control the development patterns which allow the florets on a sunflower head to go through their final stages of maturation at precisely the right time.
Photosystem II, the pigment-protein complex responsible for water oxidation in photosynthesis, was found to exist in two different core conformations with altered antennae connectivity.
The dandelion diaspore changes its shape depending on the moisture levels in the air, and this morphing enhances the dispersal potential of the seeds regardless of the weather conditions.
Dan Zhang, Roxane P Spiegelhalder ... Michael T Raissig
The formation of stomatal 'helper cells' (=subsidiary cells) in grasses requires two opposing polarity domains with diverse roles in establishing division asymmetry.
Jennette M Codjoe, Ryan A Richardson ... Elizabeth S Haswell
A mechanosensitive ion channel physically and genetically interacts with proteins that function at endoplasmic reticulum–plasma membrane contact sites.
Annual crop communities are able to adapt towards reduced competition and/or increased facilitation in response to their neighboring diversity after only two generations.
